Do you Remember?
1. How was Patrick first brought toIreland?_________________________________________________
2. On what mountain did he mind sheep
and pigs?____________________________________________
3. What message did he receive in his
dream?_______________________________________________
4. At home, what voices did he hear
in his dreams?___________________________________________
5. Who sent him back to Ireland to preach
to the people about Jesus?____________________________
6. Where did the High King of Ireland
live?_________________________________________________
7. Where did Patrick light his fire?________________________________________________________
8. Who was Aengus?___________________________________________________________________
9. What happened when Patrick went to
stick the crozier in the ground?__________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
10. Why did Aengus not complain or cry
out with pain?_______________________________________
Working with Nouns.
A noun is a person a place or a thing. Examples: road, school, man, John, Mary, Dublin.
A Proper noun is the name of a person, a place or a country.
John is a proper noun.
Dublin is a proper noun.
Ireland is a proper noun.
Proper nouns all begin with a Capital letter.
Common nouns are used to describe everyday things.
Examples: man, woman, boy, girl, door, window, street, country
etc.
From the list below say whether the nouns are common or proper.
Aengus____________________
Patrick_________________
crozier____________________
Tara ____________________
sheep ________________
slave ____________________
Slane ___________________
dream ________________
France____________________
bishop __________________
Sliabh Mis_____________
Britain____________________
On the 17th of March (P) every year John's father drove the car (C) to the local ____________( ) to see the St. Patrick's day ____________( ).
This year Brigid was asked to take part in the parade. She was chosen to dance with a group of ________________( ) from her class by their
teacher on the G.A.A. float. She was delighted to be chosen. Her ______________( ) Mrs. Jones asked her to wear her dance ______________( )
as it would add colour and interest to the float.
The float was made by a group of people from the village of __________________( ). All the local boys and girls dressed up in the G.A.A. colours
to cheer on the club __________________( ).
On the day of the parade, John had made a very large__________________( ) out of green cardboard with a harp on the centre. She would be able
to find her family easier in the crowd when John waved the shamrock to and fro. Brigid's baby sister was delighted to be wearing her lovely green
______________( ) at the parade. When the float reached the spot where Brigid's family was standing, John waved the shamrock in the air and
everyone cheered. Brigid knew that her mother and father were
very proud of their ______________( ) on that very special day.
Choose from this list:
daughter, shamrock, town, parade, Carrigdonn, children,
St. Patricks, teacher, costume, dress